Call for Nominations: Uppsala University invites nominations for the Hans L. Zetterberg Prize in Sociology 2026. Deadline: 24 May 2026 🔗 www.uu.se/fakultet/sam... #ZetterbergPrize #Sociology

Last year we authored three reports on the difficulties for the global south to partake in science publishing - shows how important the topic is, even if er are aware that all authors reside comfortably in the dark purple zones. - Wiley Online Library rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A page from the foreword to a 1978 report that led to the founding of the Nordic Council on Alcohol and Drug Research, which coordinated >100 projects, dozens of PhDcourses, conferences, published 50+ books - with a staff of 3-4 persons. Small budgets, massive outputs! Link to editorial in comment 🔽

Annus horribilis 2025 www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Our colleague @matildahellman.bsky.social has recently published an interesting chapter analyzing how popular online news report on neuroscience discoveries in the field of addiction. Read the chapter here link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... #AddictionStudies #SociologyOfScience#Research

New year, new discoveries! 💥 The book ”Addiction and the Medicalisation of Conspicuous Behaviour: New Critical Perspectives” is out now! link.springer.com/book/10.1007... 🧠 I have contributed with a chapter on ”Hyping and Spinning the Superiority of Neuroscience” link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

In the early 2020s, despite increasing public concern about gambling harms, the city of #Tampere hosted a casino. 🎰 Read our study on the legitimisation of this last bizarre synergy between addiction capitalism and the state monopoly. With Paula Jääskeläinen. direct.mit.edu/ecps/article...

📢 Our college @matildahellman.bsky.social has recently published two timely pieces on the challenges facing science under the second Trump administration: a call to resist anti-science policy and an editorial on DEI in research. 🧪 doi.org/10.1177/1455... 🌍 doi.org/10.1177/1455...

@nordicwelfare.bsky.social is hosting an alcohol policy webinar in Helsinki today 🍷 with @who.int

Measles: What has not been widely reported is what comes next for those who have been infected — www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/03/meas...

Watch my brilliant colleague @bradby.bsky.social speak about the intersection of sociology and health⚕️🏥🩻

📖 Kicking off this week by sharing new research from our department on addiction from a sociological perspective. Check out more work on this topic here: uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.... #Sociology #AddictionResearch

New Research from our Department! 📢 📝 Tripping in the Happiest Country of the World ,Use Values of Psychedelics According to Finnish Users 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... This study explores how psychedelic use is understood and valued in Finland.#Sociology #DrugStudies #SocialScience

New Research in our department: 📄 “A Double Decline in Character”: A Grounded Theory Analysis of Female Drug User Experiences in Iran 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... #DrugResearch #Sociology #[email protected]